20. The Gabor Sisters
Magda, Zsa Zsa, and Eva Gabor were socialites, though each attempted an acting career with marginal success. What they really excelled at was marriages, or at least getting married. Magda, the eldest, was married six times. Middle sister Zsa Zsa said I Do nine times. Eva married “only” five times. Zsa Zsa and Magda even shared the same husband, British actor George Sanders, who married Zsa Zsa first. After their divorce, he later married Magda, a union which lasted but one month. The sisters first exploded into celebrity status in New York’s social scene, spurred on by their mother.
Zsa Zsa attempted to use her marriage to George Sanders to launch a film career. Though she appeared in several films she never became a major star. Eva had a successful rural comedy on television, Green Acres. The sisters remained celebrities by appearing as themselves in numerous television programs, always as the socialites they were. Zsa Zsa famously remarked, “I am a marvelous housekeeper: Every time I leave a man I keep his house”.